A flexible fabric metasurface for on body communication applications

Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2009 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 725-728

  Bashir, S ^a   Chauraya, A ^a   Edwards, R M ^a   Vardaxoglou, J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION APPLICATION; DESIGN FREQUENCIES; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAPS; ETCHING TECHNIQUE; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE SURFACES; HIGH-IMPEDANCE SURFACES; ON-BODY; PERIODIC ELECTROMAGNETIC STRUCTURE; RADIATING ELEMENTS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE TECHNIQUE; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; FABRICS; METAMATERIALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 76149105179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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